1969 Front engine dragster

I have gone partner,s with a buddy with a FED digger and am looking for some good race parts for the chevy engine in this thing and also a second center section with a 3.73 gear set (mopar).Maybe some one has friends or racers they know with some parts for sale cheap.We have already gone 8.70 1/4 mile and there is still more in it,even with my big ass in it.Now what we are intending to do is buy a second FED digger and install one of my motors in it and find a trailer to put both diggers in it and race together,travel together to cut cost and wear and tear.You can email me at: penstarperformance@gmail.com mrmopartech

 

So far this winter we have dynoed the motor,milded 355 with pump gas and good tuning on the dyno we did 505hp.We now have re-done the gears to 3.91 and new full length headers,5000stall convertor,transbrake,and we totally taken the car aprts and powered coated the whole car,red and black,new axles,as the old ones had just a bit to much twist in them after 47 years,go figure.Not bad for a front engine dragster,and a cheby motor,and a guy that can,t really drive.I guess it was the hemi in the car that twister the axles,and not the cheby.mrmopartech

 

Update: We have run the car this year with some bad problems and some great results.The year before we got the car to run 9.12 with a 505HP motor 350.Not so bad,this year we put a 4500 stall converter and some carb mods,long tube headers,rebuild/freshen tranny and trans brake,to get the digger to go 8.75@155.The bad side is a few runs on the new set up we tried the trans brake with no wheelie bars and disaster struck,8 foot wheel stand and no pedaling and the car came down hard and scrapped the wheels and tires,tossed the battery into the other lane and front end damage,nothing that grand did not solve.But the rest of the year went great,with better times and performance,and a lighter pocket book,mrmopartech

 

Unexpected 8 foot wheel stand... Hello I may need a clean set of shorts.

Sounds like your having one heck of a good time there Scott.

 

The digger was torn apart and gone throw any thing that we deemed(iffy) and replaced,heads freshened up,new roller cam .675 lift,weight bar for the front end,better wheelie bars,new steering wheel as it was to little room and shorten the steering column to allow easier in/out movement in case shit happens.We moved some switches and brackets around to make things easier to access,and maintain.All in all,we should improve the times a tenth or two,so it will go 8.4-8.6 on a consistent basis,mrmopartech

 

That's a really cool shot Scott
I hope you don't mind, but I just had to download it and do a Retro job on it.

 

That shot is ten times better,as it was a cell phone shot to start with.We also installed a new chute to help stop it,as the track is short,mrmopartech

 

Okay... just one more... I couldn't resist.

 

I started out with a ride in a front engine digger in 1976 and drove it a number of times ,as it was a shop toy,now it,s a toy for my buddy,as my body type is to big for it,as it,s only a 19 inside cage,I need a 22 inch cage,because when I sit in this thing,it,s like putting 40 lbs of shit in a 10 lbs box,and takes two people to get me out and can,t turn the wheel,mrmopartech

 

Sounds right to me Bob